I am an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver. I completed the Ph.D. at Columbia University. Prior to that, I studied at the University of Toronto.

My researchaddresses metaphysical issues at the intersection of philosophy of action and mind. One theme uniting my current work is the notion of effort. I argue that exerting effort plays an ineliminable causal role in every action you perform. A paper defending this claim in the case of bodily action has been published in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy.

I am also interested in the underexplored notion of mental action. Along with Matt Soteriou, I am organizing a conference on the topic of mental action and the ontology of mind, generously hosted by the Institute of Philosophy.

I was recently interviewedby Skye Cleary at the American Philosophical Association blog, and Janette Ballard for the University of Denver’s Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences newsletter.